Farrakh Khan called one white police officer a ‘fat, white, baldy b*****d’ and another black officer a ‘n****r.’

The 34-year-old, from Cranworth Street, Hillhead, appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court for sentencing yesterday having pleaded guilty at an earlier trial.

He admitted assaulting PC Nikki Smith by headbutting him and acting in a threatening or abusive manner by shouting, swearing and struggling violently with police officers while repeatedly hurling racist insults at them.

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“Ambulance control were reporting a male had taken something detrimental to that person’s well-being,” he said.

“They were allowed entry to the locus there on Cecil Street. There was a male within the bedroom ‘delirious’ and ‘intoxicated,’ the male’s family were concerned about him.”

The man, Khan, came around and told police he had consumed a ‘small amount’ of alcohol and said that he didn’t need any medical attention.

But when the officers checked the Police National Computer (PNC) they discovered he was on a curfew and should have been at his home address in nearby Cranworth Street between 7pm and 7am.

Mr Crawford said: “At that point he lunged forward and butted the officer on the head, he caught him on the nose.”

As the two officers tried to restrain the accused he continued to lash out with his ‘arms and legs’.

While doing this Khan said ‘white baldy b*****d’ and ‘black b*****d.’ As he continued to struggle he also shouted ‘f***ing black b*****d’, ‘black n**ger’ and ‘n**ger’ at the other arresting officer.

Stewart Street Police Station (Image: Google Maps)

When he was taken to Stewart Street station he continued the abuse. Mr Crawford said: “He advised the bar officer he had head-butted the officer but ‘didn’t mean to break his nose’ instead he ‘intended to crush his skull’ (with the blow.) He also continued to shout ‘n**ger.’

Khan’s defence lawyer Ms Coogan said her client admitted he had been ‘completely and utterly out of order’ to the police officers.

She added that Khan ‘needs help’ with cannabis usage and said he has been on a ‘detox programme’ while being held in custody for the offence.

Ms Coogan said her client has a personality disorder and was under the influence of ‘substances’ at the time of the offence.

The defence lawyer added there were very little options left open to the court as Khan said he wouldn’t accept a community payback order due to his inability to stick to them.

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Sheriff Gerard Bonnar said: “In light of the nature of the offences, your record and the contents of the social work report, the appropriate sentence is a period in custody.”

The sheriff admonished Khan for breaching his curfew but sent him to prison for three months for assaulting PC Smith, one month attributed for bail aggravation and another three months for struggling with the officers and uttering racist remarks.

Sentence was reduced from nine months for his early plea of guilty and backdated to May 22 for time spent on remand.